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One of four sisters, Jenny McCarthy was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, the second oldest daughter of Linda (Loheit), a courtroom custodian, and Daniel McCarthy, a steel mill foreman. She has Irish (father) and Croatian, German, and Polish (mother) ancestry. She was educated at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, before going on to Southern Illinois University to study nursing and psychology. However, a lack of funds meant she had to drop out. To earn some money, McCarthy landed a chance to model for Playboy magazine and was Miss October 1993. She was eventually named 1994 Playmate of the Year. Following a relocation to Los Angeles, California, McCarthy landed some television host roles and also began picking up acting parts. Roles followed in various projects, including BASEketball (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Scary Movie 3 (2003), The Drew Carey Show (1995) and her own sitcom, Jenny (1997). She also continued modeling.
McCarthy has one son, Evan Joseph, from her marriage to John Asher. In 2005, Evan was diagnosed with autism. She is also an author, writing successful books on pregnancy, motherhood and more.
After one year as co-host of The View (1997), McCarthy can now be found hosting her own daily talk radio show, on Sirius XM, called "Dirty, Sexy, Funny" and can be found touring the country with her entourage of female comediennes, with a show by the same name. A 1-hour special, with her comediennes and comedy vignettes, can be found on Netflix by searching Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny (2014).- Lyric Ross was born on 30 September 2003 in Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Wendell & Wild (2022), This Is Us (2016) and Ironheart (2024).
- Staci Greason's writing has been published in Brevity, Slate, Lunch Ticket, AFLW, the Same, and the Huff Post, among others.
Her drama feature Treed placed in Nicholls, PAGE, Cinestory Fellowship, the Austin Film Festival, Stowe Writers Lab, Final Draft, Screen Craft, and the Oaxaca Film Festival.
Her half-hour pilot, Bobbi & Olivia, co-written with Joe Gironda, won Best TV Pilot at The Studio City Film Festival, and her screenplay, The Hero of The World, co-written with Linda Hill, won Best Comedy at The Woods Hole Film Festival and has placed Finalist in eighteen festivals.
Her novel, All the Girls in Town, about three smart sexy slightly messed-up women who unite to take down their horrible ex-musician was published by Touch Point Press July 2022. - Actor
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Bil Dwyer was born on 30 March 1962 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for What Planet Are You From? (2000), The Larry Sanders Show (1992) and Ski School 2 (1994).- Joseph Eugene Kovar, aka "Joey Kovar", is a very courageous, optimistic and positive man. Joey Kovar is a very well-known young talented Chicago actor, model and wrestler, who is extremely popular with today's youth. Joey made his first debut on MTV's The Real World (1992) Hollywood and moved on to VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008), putting up the ratings, stealing the limelight and spotlight from everyone on the show that stood beside him.. What most don't know is that, as a child, young Joey was mentally and physically abused by his mother. He was introduced, at a very young age, to drugs and alcohol by his own mother and father. His father, an alcoholic, and his mother, a user of cocaine, were bad influences and unfit parents for young Joey Kovar. Joey, at the time raised by these unfit guardians, grew up thinking that alcohol and drugs were acceptable in a household. It was inevitable that Joey Kovar's past would lead him later to a path he never wanted to take. Now, Joey Kovar, himself, who grew up with all the odds against him, is a survivor of drugs and alcohol abuse, still fighting his urges today, because he has a dream of becoming "The Next Generation Action-Star".
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Actor and stuntman Rudy Robbins was born on November 17, 1933 in Evergreen, Louisiana. His father was a horse and cattle trader. At age two Robbins moved with his family to Port Arthur, Texas, where he grew up with his father working a variety of jobs ranging from being a cook on ocean going ships to cafe owner to used car salesman. (His mother worked at the small cafe he owned.) Following graduation from East Texas Baptist College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Sociology, Rudy enlisted in the U.S. Army and competed in track team javelin throwing contests (he set a new record for the javelin throw in 4th Army track meets). While in the Army Robbins met a man whose father produced Western movies. After being discharged from the Army, Rudy decided to pursue a career as a stuntman in Westerns and moved to Bandera, Texas, where he worked as head wrangler on a dude ranch prior to landing his first job as a stuntman on the John Wayne epic The Alamo (1960). Robbins went on to perform stunts and play small roles in a handful of films.
Moreover, Rudy also worked as a production manager on some of the largest exposition type shows in the country as well as played Buffalo Bill in a Buffalo Bill Wild West show with a cast of 125 that toured the world and served as a goodwill ambassador for the US. Department of Commerce in which he toured Europe to promote the sales of western trade goods. Robbins eventually moved back to his native Texas when the production of Westerns declined. Rudy produced and performed in both his own Rudy Robbins Western Variety Show and the All American Cowboy Get-Together. In addition, Robbins formed the four piece western harmony group The Spirit of Texas, who were so well received that the Texas Legislature passed a special resolution naming them the Official Cowboy Band for Texas. (They were also nominated as Best Western Group of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.) Rudy died at age 77 from cancer on February 21, 2011 in Bandera, Texas.- Director
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Joseph Stachler was born on 12 September 1969 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Hi: Rail Layouts, Part One (2009), How to Build an O Gauge Train Layout Beginner & Advanced: Using Lionel FasTrack (2009) and How to Build an O Gauge Rollaway Train Layout: Beginner & Advanced: Using Lionel O-31 Tubular Track (2009).- Lacy Van Zant was born on 13 December 1915 in Evergreen, Florida, USA. He was married to Marion Virginia Hicks, Nancy Margaret Futch and Mildred Mae Guinn. He died on 3 August 2004 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
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Tim Marshall was born on 17 October 1956 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. He is known for Naked Science (2004), Tornado Video Classics (1992) and Tornado Video Classics III (1995).- After overcoming a serious head injury, American snowboarder Jake Canter is now determined to make it to the very top of the slopestyle ranks.
Hailing from Evergreen, Colorado, teenage Slopestyle prodigy Jake Canter's story is similar to that of a lot of snowboarders from the mountainous western US state. He found his love for the sport in his own backyard before honing his skills at Colorado's many resorts. "I had a lot of neighbours who were always snowboarding and it looked so much fun," he says. From there, a successful junior career followed, which culminated in 2018 in him taking top spot on the podium in the Junior Jam at the Burton US Open, a prestigious annual halfpipe contest that pits some of the world's best young riders against each other.
The achievement was all the more impressive given just two years prior, in winter 2016, he suffered a traumatic head injury while trampolining that nearly ended his life. It wasn't until August 2017 that Canter returned to riding on snow for the first time. But despite now being deaf in his right ear as a result of the accident and the ensuing complications, Canter's balance for snowboarding hasn't been affected.
Still able to compete in the sport he loved, Canter continued his progression in the 2017-18 season as one of the USA's most talented young halfpipe snowboarders, concluding with that Junior Jam victory.
Despite his success in the halfpipe, Canter decided to change his focus to slopestyle, having learned bigger tricks on slopestyle jumps during time spent in Switzerland in late 2018.
Another big moment for the youngster followed not long after his discipline switch in February 2019. Having attended the X Games with the US Snowboard Rookie Team simply on a watching brief, he found himself competing in it, at the age of just 15, having been told by his childhood idol Mark McMorris that he could have his spot in the event's inaugural Knuckle Huck competition. Not only that, Canter was the first to drop in, so found himself leading some of the world's best snowboarders down the big air course at Buttermilk, including Olympic slopestyle gold medalists Sage Kotsenburg and Red Gerard. "It was definitely the best contest I could have ever done to debut at X Games," says Canter of that 2019 appearance. - Ed Farmer was born on 18 October 1949 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. He was married to Barbara. He died on 1 April 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Russell Hoyt was born in 1915 in Evergreen, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Lucky Jordan (1942) and Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942). He died on 4 July 1945 in the Philippines.
- Sandra Binkley was born on 2 March 1947 in Evergreen, Illinois, USA.
- Wayne Frazier was born on 5 March 1939 in Evergreen, Alabama, USA. He died on 11 March 2012 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
- He is a former American football punter. He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Iowa. He was placed on injured reserve on November 29, 2011 after suffering a quad injury. He was released by the Lions on August 31, 2012
- Iesha Washington is an American actress and singer, known for Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail (2017). She was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois and is originally from Harvey, Illinois; a south suburb of Chicago, IL. Washington showed vocal premise as a two year old when her grandmother taught her the Christian hymn 'Jesus Loves Me' as a toddler. She got interested in acting when she was only seven years old after seeing a production of 'The Nutcracker' on a field trip at a professional theater company in Chicago. Growing up she was always very accustomed to musicals. She then realized that she wanted to become a professional actress; and when she was only eight years old she was cast in her first school play. Washington was already accustomed to watching musicals from films; but she knew that it was the songs from Broadway musicals she needed to be attuned with to become a better singer for Broadway. She became mostly involved in the school choir and occasionally doing plays at her elementary school. Her music teacher was the main reason why she became involved in doing theater. She started taking acting more seriously in high school by taking drama classes the beginning of her freshman year and she became a repetitive cast member in her school's drama club during her entire four years of high school. She went to college in 2012 to become a Theatre major and in 2016 she got her Bachelors degree in Theatre .
- James Cooke was born in Evergreen Park Illinois. He is the second oldest of four children. His Father Joseph Sr. was a marine for most of James' life. As a child he traveled the world. Thanks to the US military he was able to experience many different things and live all over the world. James has been married three times and has two children. He wanted to be an actor for as long as he can remember. Thanks to his wife, he was able to chase that dream. James owns and operates a shuttle service in Franklin KY when not acting.
- Tom Gorzelanny was born on 12 July 1982 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA.
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Singer and entertainer with an old-school jazz specialty. Kimberly Gordon did a four-year stint in New York at The Village Vanguard, Bradley's, Sweet Basil, Smalls and Cleopatra's Needle, sharing the stage with jazz greats including Roy Hargrove, 'Harry "Sweets' Edison', Wynton Marsalis, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Betty Carter, Marcus Roberts, Captain Jack McDuff, Von Freeman and others. In San Francisco and the Bay area, Kimberly sang at the Club Deluxe, Cafe du Nord, Club Jazz and others.
In her hometown Kimberly has performed regularly at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Jazz Showcase, Katerina's, The Hot House, Andy's Jazz and the Green Mill Lounge.- Jim Dwyer was born on 3 June 1950 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA.
- Terry Martin was born on 19 August 1958 in Evergreen, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for To Serve and Protect (1999) and Karma Police (2008).
- John Everson is a Bram Stoker Award-winning writer and editor, known for creating the characters of Danika and Mila Dubov in the original V Wars books. They appear in the Netflix series V-Wars (2019), played by Kimberly-Sue Murray and Laura Vandervoort. He has also written authorized stories in the worlds of The Vampire Diaries, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and The Green Hornet. His novels, Siren (2010) and The Pumpkin Man (2011) were optioned for film but not produced.
- Ken Clark was born on 11 June 1966 in Evergreen, Alabama, USA. He died on 16 February 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Lionel Aldridge was born on 14 February 1941 in Evergreen, Louisiana, USA. He died on 12 February 1998 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Wayne Huizenga was born on 29 December 1937 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. He was married to Martha Jean Goldsby and Joyce VanderWagon. He died on 22 March 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
- Stanisha Lewis was born on 4 June 1991 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Bliss (2022).
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Scott Cegielski was born on 6 April 1973 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. Scott is known for Flushed Away (2006), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) and Shark Tale (2004).- Additional Crew
Eric Lipka was born on 5 January 1941 in Evergreen, Alberta, Canada. Eric is known for This Land (1970). Eric died on 29 April 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.